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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, an American stock index composed of 30 large companies, has changed its components 59 times since its inception, on May 26, 1896. [1] As this is a historical listing, the names here are the full legal name of the corporation on that date, with abbreviations and punctuation according to the corporation's own usage.
The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
1929–1949: Bear market. The stock market crash of 1929, or Black Tuesday, precedes, as well as causes the Great Depression. The Dow plunges 89% to 41.22 on July 8, 1932, thus erasing 33 years of gains, in just under three years. Although cyclical bull markets occur in the 1930s and 1940s, the index takes 22 years to surpass its previous highs.
2020 has been an interesting year in the stock market. ... and debate whether to send out $600 or $2,000 checks to most Americans ... the chart below, the market’s bottom coincides with a ...
Stocks rallied again, with the S&P 500 climbing 2.7% last week. The index is now up 11.8% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 16.6% from its January 3, 2022 closing high of 4,796.56.
Image source: Getty Images. A huge valuation gap that can't be ignored. One of the most commonly used valuation metrics in investing is the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio.
In 2000, the Dow lost 6.17% of its value (11,497.10 to 10,788.00) In 2001, the Dow lost 5.35% of its value (10,788.00 to 10,021.60) In 2002, the Dow lost 16.76% of its value (10,021.60 to 8,341.63) Here is a historical view of the stock market downturn of 2002 including figures from the stock market bubble of the late 1990s:
But for any investors with diamond hands, HODLing strong since 2000, the company’s stock price has not yet ridden out its 24-year trough to regain a turn-of-the-millennium peak.